Journal article
Contemporary perspectives of social capital building in outdoor education
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning , Vol.26(2), pp.430-453
2026
Abstract
Social capital refers to the interrelated relationships between members of specific communities. These relationships manifest through shared norms, voluntary associations, shared values, reciprocity and mutual trust. In 2008, Beames and Atencio explored the major themes of social capital and outdoor education’s impact on its development. This paper provides a series of contemporary reflections on social capital building in outdoor education by examining it through four different themes: a contemplation on climate change and more-than-human sociality, considering the role of mobile and digital technology, examining ‘beneficial burdens’ in outdoor education and the role that the building of social capital has on the wellbeing of participants. We conclude with some suggestions for practice and future research.
Details
- Title
- Contemporary perspectives of social capital building in outdoor education
- Authors
- Michael J.A Down (Corresponding Author) - The University of Notre Dame AustraliaDavid Hills (Author) - University of the Sunshine CoastBrendon Munge (Author) - University of the Sunshine CoastScott Jukes (Author) - Federation University
- Publication details
- Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning , Vol.26(2), pp.430-453
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2026
- DOI
- 10.1080/14729679.2026.2653250
- ISSN
- 1754-0402
- Copyright note
- © 2026 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
- Organisation Unit
- K'gari Research Cluster; School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991220430202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
Metrics
1 Record Views
InCites Highlights
These are selected metrics from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool, related to this output
- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web Of Science research areas
- Education & Educational Research
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This output has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
Source: SDGs from InCites